AJ Lee, CM Punk Update: Lee Talks About Evolution of Character; Punk-WWE Deal for Merchandising

CM Punk and AJ Lee in a file photo. (WWE)

AJ Lee, the WWE Divas champion, recently sat down and talked about her character and being a champ.

“I’ve gotten really lucky that I’ve been able to jump from story arc to story arc with the ‘AJ’ character and really grow her. She started out as someone who was always being taken advantage of that broke her mentally and emotionally, to her breaking out from that with revenge on her mind, then turning evil, and now where she’s trying to redeem herself,” she said, according to an interview with ComicBooks.com.

“She’s bringing all that same crazy and evil, but it’s more focused like a laser now. If nobody could stop her when she was all over the place, how is someone going to stop her when she’s so focused on winning now?”

Lee added that the “story behind her has connected so well has helped me be a better performer. I love being able to draw on all her back-story and take it to the next level and I think my fans have caught on to that.”

In another interview, she talked about her feud with Paige.

“I think the fact that there’s two women who aren’t necessarily your standard of diva beauty, that aren’t your standard diva… to have these two women who are very different in myself and Paige in something for so long and people are invested for the entire time and want to see it keep going says a lot about how Divas have evolved and how fans have evolved and what they hold important and what they want to see,” Lee told Marvel.com.

She added: “My dream scenario was for this to go as long as it possibly could and I think it’s been like four of five months now.”

Meanwhile, regarding her husband CM Punk, he’s not returning to the WWE despite rumors to the contrary.

There was an agreement made between Punk and the WWE over merchandising and other rights.

“The reason the two sides needed to come to an agreement on merchandise is because Punk owns the rights to his name. The Observer noted it’s likely legal teams on both sides reached an agreement so they can both make money, but no Punk return is imminent and nothing has changed on that end,” wrote CageSide Seats.